This jam session was an awakening for me. The group meets on the steps of the courthouse every Saturday morning, weather permitting. At my first visit, about 15 musicians showed up, 6 or 7 guitar players, three fiddle players, a dobro, and several other instruments, all there to play blu...
This jam session was an awakening for me. The group meets on the steps of the courthouse every Saturday morning, weather permitting. At my first visit, about 15 musicians showed up, 6 or 7 guitar players, three fiddle players, a dobro, and several other instruments, all there to play blu...
If I feel like I’m missing something out, then I try to focus and fill in that with other parts of the music or the concept. At the end of the day, I want to make sure that we put out something that people would like. We try to keep it balanced by utilizing concept ...
My personal motivation was an interest in the diversity of the musical life around us, how the digital world can make us more aware of it, and what will happen once we, as musicians and audiences, become more fully aware of the range of musical opportunities that are all around us all ...
Understanding melody, rhythm, and structure is more important than being able to sing well, and you can develop these skills without being a singer. You can always collaborate with singers and other musicians to bring your songs to life, allowing you to focus on the craft of songwriting itself...
my friends and me. We still played outside, swapping ridiculous kid stories and playing in the dirt, but we also connected online, developing an entirely new type of culture that mystified our parents but seemed as important to us as anything that happened IRL (in real life). Our shared ...
You could start with reading all the biographies of modern musicians you admire to learn what was “behind the music.” Read about the people who influenced those you admire. Expand to reading about legendary people outside of music, in sports, science, business, or politics. You can learn ...
Cian,how would you say your relationship as composer-musician has influenced or inspired the way you see yourself in the music industry in a broader sense? That is, how will you take what you’ve learnt, and have this knowledge enrich your future experiences?
But at other stages of learning, listening to a wide range of recordings (as cellist Mark Kosower speaks to briefly here), or listening more intently so as to “steal” elements of other musicians’ approaches (as flutist Keith Underwood explains in more depth here) can also potentiall...
So, my third question, to a wider audience than musicians, of course. My youngest grandson demonstrated to me how he put his anorak on. For me that went in parallel with shoelace-tying. He had just turned three, and I was getting ready for a good chuckle as he put one arm in and...